Rannoch Moor

Rannoch Moor, a brown-flecked, undulating plain dotted with small lakes stretches out to the west of Loch Rannoch and beyond Loch Laidon. It is an inhospitable region and yet it exerts a magical charm on those who venture forth. In this treeless countryside, Britain's largest moor, sphagnum moss and heathers grow among sundew, bilberries and cranberries, campion, cotton-grasses, low-growing willows and dwarf birches. The B846 finally ends 34mi/54.4km west of Pitlochry near Rannoch Station, a tiny railroad halt on the Glasgow-Fort William line.